Thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast for your awesome calls. We Deal In Lead By Odin's Beard https://byodinsbeardrpg.com/books/we_deal_in_lead/ Mail Order Apocalypse by Christian Buggedei https://moa.orkpiraten.de Frontier Scum by Karl Druid https://frontierscum.com Inevitable by Soulmuppet Publishing https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/products/inevitable-quickstart Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Dir. Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley My Letterboxd page https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/ Dying Earth for Dungeon Cra ..read more

First, I respond to a bunch of messages from Jason Connerely of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. This is followed by an ill-advised leap to the defence of the OSR. I talk about the liberal approach to roleplaying back in the day and the moving away from splatbook bloat. I then talk about the Lavender Hack by Phillip Lewis, B/X compatible rules that incorporates material from a wide variety of gaming sources. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Se ..read more

Thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Colin Green of Spikepit for your calls. Apocalypse World by D. Vincent & Meguey Baker http://www.apocalypse-world.com Index Card RPG (ICRPG) by Runehammer https://www.modiphius.net/pages/runehammer Medieval Fantasy Campaign & TURN by Marcia B https://traversefantasy.itch.io Errant by Kill Jester https://www.killjester.com/errant Lost Eons and Eco Mofos!! by David Blandy https://davidblandy.itch.io and the Eco Mofos!! jam https://itch.io/jam/eco-mofos-jam Mail Order Apocalypse by Christian Bugged ..read more

Thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Colin Green of Spikepit for your calls Apocalypse World by D. Vincent & Meguey Baker http://www.apocalypse-world.com The Good Friends of Jackson Elias https://blasphemoustomes.com/2023/04/25/son-of-listener-suggestions/ Mike Shae aka Sly Flourish aka The Lazy DM https://slyflourish.com Chris McDowall’s Bastionland blog https://www.bastionland.com/2023/04/getting-rules-wrong.html & https://www.bastionland.com/2023/04/taking-action.html Marcia B’s Traverse Fantasy blog https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com & Itch page https://traversefantasy ..read more

Featuring... Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Excerpts from Chris McDowall's Into The Odd https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/into-the-odd/, Electric Bastionland https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/electric-bastionland and Mythic Bastionland https://drive.google.com/file/d/18qOLDK6GifFGljetTI0NLho8RIFmVtnl/view Special thanks to... Menion AKA Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Max Moon of Max Moon Games, Geek Gamers, Solo Tabletop Blog, Perplexing Ruins, Scott Dorward of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Pea ..read more

Just me chatting about my experience playing with Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge running Gavin Norman's Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy, the reorganised version of Tom Moldvey and David Cook's Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons rules, in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-thrall/message ..read more

A bunch of great call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Sanfinho of Alone in the Labyrinth and John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries. Covering a range of topic from Alexei Sayle to the zygomorphic nature of gaming community rivalry. Honourable mentions: The Dice are Screaming, The Alexei Sayle Podcast, Monty Python's Holy Grail, John Ruskin, William Morris, Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel, Chris Black's Black Hack and Rowan, Rook and Decard's Spire and ..read more

Following a call from Jason Connerley of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, I attempt to break down what I'm talking about when I refer to storygame elements using my experience of playing Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel and Chris Black's the Black Hack. Honourable mentions: Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, Rollin' Bones with Ryan Howard, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, and Alexei Sayle.  Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho ..read more

First, I respond to a bunch of messages from Jason Connerely of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. This is followed by an ill-advised leap to the defence of the OSR. I talk about the liberal approach to roleplaying back in the day and the moving away from splatbook bloat. I then talk about the Lavender Hack by Phillip Lewis, B/X compatible rules that incorporates material from a wide variety of gaming sources. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Se ..read more

This is essentially a collection of musings on the subject of immersion, engagement and online play. Featuring calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal Or Woe, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast. I "unbox" Casting The Runes, an investigative horror RPG using the Gumshoe system. You can hear a fantastic interview with Paul StJohn Mackintosh, its creator, here on Barney Dicker's Loco Ludus https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/interview-paul-stjohn-mackintosh-about-casting-runes/id1488770987?i=100 ..read more